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tunnel made in the rubbish in the passage, and this last robbery

took place only 10 – 15 years after Tutankhamen’s death.

          In this latter or last robbery, not only did the thieves

ransack the anti/<e>chamber and the annexe, but after this they made

a small hole in the sealed door leading into the inner chamber, or 

sepulchral hall. This is evident from the seals on the door, as

in the other cases, but so far as can be judge<d> at present, they

did little damage here<,> and it seems likely that it was when they

had just started on their fea/<el>l work here that they were discoved/<r>ed.

          This sepulchral hall is where the work is now going on.

As there appears to be some vagueness in people’s conception of

thi<s> inner chamber, I will say a few words about it.

          Leading off from it, is a storechamber containing many

be<a>utiful things, in fact Mr. Carter says they are the greatest

treasures of all, – particularly the canopic chest. This store-

chamber will be cleared next, after the sepulchral hall, so we

may expect to hear all about the contents of it in two or three

month<’>s time. 

          The sp/<e>pulcral^sic hall itself is four feet below the level

of the anti/<e>chamber and its wall are painted<.> and/<It> contain<s> a series

of shrines, fitting one within the other like so many boxes. How

many there are, we do not yet know<;-> <a>t least two, but probably five.

This we shall know in a week or two. The outermost of these

shrines is only about two feet away./<,> F/<f>rom the wall of the chamber<,>

gigiving very little room to move. This shrine is overlaid from

top to bottom with gold, and the sides are inlas/<i>d panels of

brilliant blue faience. At the east end of the shrine are great

doors. When Mr. Carter and Lord Carnarvon first came upon them

the doors were bolted but not sealed, so they slipped the bolts